Question 3852 — local authorities

Summary

Mr. René Lioret M. questions the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, about the revision of the portion of the special tax on insurance agreements (TSCA) dedicated to the financing of departmental fire and rescue services (SDIS). The SDIS are public establishments administered by a board of directors made up of local elected officials and placed under the dual authority of the prefect and this council. Their financing relies very largely on contributions from local authorities (departments, municipalities or EPCI) and, to a lesser extent, on State grants. Historically, the part of the TSCA known as the “fire tax” participated in the direct financing of firefighting resources, before various reforms made it evolve towards a model of centralization and budgetary compensation. In a context where the burden weighing on the SDIS increases (modernization of equipment, development of new missions, recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters, strengthening of civil security), many voices, including representatives of local elected officials and the National Federation of Firefighters of France, are speaking out to re-examine the “SDIS” part of the TSCA. They plead for more legible and more sustainable signage for a fraction of this tax, in order to relieve local authorities, to better match the volume of resources to operational needs and to ensure the continuity of the public emergency service. Also, the MP would like to know if the Government plans to revise the part of the TSCA dedicated to SDIS in order to strengthen their financing and ease the pressure on departmental and municipal budgets. He would also like to know the avenues of reflection retained to sustain and clarify the allocation of these resources, while responding to the challenges of prevention, modernization and territorial solidarity. Finally, he asks what consultations are planned with the various stakeholders concerned (communities, SDIS, insurers) to develop a reform that reconciles civil security, territorial equity and fiscal stability.

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